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Sam Burgess fiasco is an indictment of an England management blind to reality

1 decade ago by The Times

Sam Burgess has gone back to slamming. The odd crunching tackle apart, this most hyped of code switches was never...

Warren Gatland’s next job will be in New Zealand

1 decade ago by The Times

Warren Gatland has said that he will return to New Zealand once his contract as Wales head coach expires after...

James Haskell calls for summer rugby to lift standards

1 decade ago by The Times

James Haskell has called for northern-hemisphere clubs to start playing rugby during the summer to enable their national sides to...

How England rated against Pakistan

1 decade ago by The Times

Alastair Cook The leading runscorer in the series. Played longest-ever Test innings by an England batsman at Abu Dhabi. He...

Sam Burgess exit another blow for Stuart Lancaster

1 decade ago by The Times

Stuart Lancaster’s credibility as England head coach was dealt a severe blow last night after Sam Burgess, the player he...

Bitter divorce was inevitable after high-risk experiment

1 decade ago by The Times

The first hints that all was not well in the marriage between Sam Burgess and rugby union emerged from Australia...

Sam Burgess and six other people who switched sports... and failed

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

Sam Burgess is not the first person to leave one sport for another only for his quest to end in failure. Here Telegraph Sport takes you through six others

Sam Burgess leaves Bath and expected to rejoin South Sydney Rabbitohs

1 decade ago by The Times

Sam Burgess’s much-vaunted experiment to cross codes to rugby union has come to a premature end as it emerged that...

Retiring Strokosch excited by Scotland's future

1 decade ago by RBS 6 Nations

Back-row Alasdair Strokosch says he is leaving behind the most talented Scotland team he has known, after announcing his international retirement.

Lions set to name Canterbury as kit manufacturer for New Zealand tour

1 decade ago by The Times

The Lions are expected to announce today that Canterbury will replace adidas as the kit manufacturer for the 2017 tour...